Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid
History: Similar to King Arthur but better disease resistance and more compact.

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Bell
Disease Resistance: Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Bacterial Leaf Spot
Potato Virus Y
Fruit Length: 4-4.5"
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 4-4.5"
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 61-66 green, 77 red.
Wall Thickness: Thick

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 18-24 Inches
Plant Spread: 18-20 Inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Inflorescence Height: 18-24 Inches
Foliage Mound Height: 18-24 Inches
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Self
Bumblebees
Bees
Wind
Various insects

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Common names
  • Bell Pepper

Photo Gallery
Location: My Gardens
Date: August 22, 2015
Beginning Color Change
Location: My Gardens
Date: September 21, 2015
Great Color!
Location: My Gardens
Date: September 21, 2015
Eye-Popping Color!
Location: My Gardens
Date: September 21, 2015
Brilliant Color!

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